Five Simple Tips to Encourage Customers to Write Positive Reviews It’s the ultimate conundrum for marketers and online businesses. We know that most people (at least 60% and as much as 90%, according to several studies) read online reviews before buying. However most people don’t bother to leave a review themselves. People are generally only…
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Cross-platform mobile development in 2019 No one wants to do the same work twice. The industry has been looking for a way to develop one app for iOS and Android instead of two for a long time. No solution to make it a reality has been successful so far. However, three new frameworks have been…
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The Benefits of a Virtual Receptionist Are you a small business owner struggling to get anything done because the phone won’t stop ringing? In some ways it’s a great problem to have, but it does eat into your time. Particularly for small business owners it can be difficult, as you may not have the finances…
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Diversify Your Marketing – Online, Social, Offline All investors know that diversification is vital to a healthy portfolio, but many business owners don’t apply this wisdom to the investments they make in their marketing, especially their digital marketing. Most people understand digital marketing to be anything like email, social media sites, search engines and localised…
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Google PageSpeed Insights – take them with a pinch of salt We often receive emails from clients concerned with what Google has told them in their PageSpeed Insights. We often listen when Google tells us something, but it can be misleading. Whilst a perfect score on PageSpeed Insights is nice, it’s important to be aware…
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Why WooCommerce is the Best Platform for Your Online Store If you’re setting up an online store, you’ll have platform recommendations flying at you from every direction and you’re probably wondering which one is actually the best. Wonder no longer, because the answer is WooCommerce, and here’s why. The amazing storefront You can customise your…
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Open Position: Project Manager Viva Digital is a client-centred digital agency with a focus on web design, digital marketing and branding. We have a mantra of providing solid, consistent results and first class, professional service at a realistic price. We have assembled an impressive array of clients in Australia, NZ, USA and the UK. Due…
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Google Voice Search to Take Off in 2020 We’re so used to saying “Hang on…” to our friends while we grab the nearest device and google for the nearest Lebanese deli. We don’t even think about it anymore – our smartphones are just an extension of our arms and eyes! Searching on a device isn’t…
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It’s Time to Switch to G Suite for Email and Business Tools Just in case you were wondering what G Suite is, it’s kind of a mega-enhanced Gmail. With Gmail, the email service is ad-funded and therefore free, but you have very little technical support and you have no control over your data. G Suite…
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The Gutenberg WordPress Editor is Here Gutenberg is finally here and you’ll no doubt have some questions that you want to ask about it. Well, so do lots of other people, which is exactly what FAQs were invented for… Just what is Gutenberg? Gutenberg is the project that’s brought a whole new editing experience to…
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